- KTH2147 (Roman Water Pipe) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-95
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Pipe
- Typological identification comment
- Local Type 1.
- Description
- One large body sherd preserves small part of neck but missing rim. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; thick, extensive film of encrustation on all surfaces.
- Description
- Tubular pipe. Shoulder slopes down from mouth; mouth is smaller diameter and has thinner wall than body. Beneath encrustation around shoulder are traces of thick application of white, hard, fine plaster of uncertain composition for attachment of adjacent pipe. Wheelmade. Turning marks on interior and exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Consistently fired to “light red“ (5R 6/8). Medium hard, medium coarse fabric has uncommon, small to medium, subrounded, red chunks and varied tiny bits (added sand?). Surface apparently unslippped but smoothed.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.085
- Preserved length
- 0.071
- Wall thickness
- 0.008-0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2147 (Roman Water Pipe).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2147>
